Oversharpening, the new hit?

It sounds like you are describing bad HDR

 

People don't look good unless they look like a cardboard cut-out.

 

Apparently flickr heavily processes images when you upload them.

 

Well, people keep tussling about lens sharpness test charts all the time like it's the biggest deal in the world these days, so it's only logical that they put their money where their mouth is and also sharpen their photos in post until they're ready to stab you in the eye, I guess? =P

 

Um, not that I've noticed. Only to the degree they get resized - the original full size images are what I processed them to be.

 

I"ve had a flickr pro account for a while and I've never found that it "sharpens" the images upon upload.

I tend to be a bit heavy handed with sharpening though...

 

I haven't noticed....

 

Yup sounds like that.

Don't even need real HDR. Just a single image and push those shadow and highlight sliders will net the same effect.

 

Don't worry! We'll fix it in post.

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